2 charged with selling cocaine to undercover Schaumburg officer

August 08, 2012|By George Houde | Special to the Tribune

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Two men from South Beloit, north of Rockford, were charged in Cook County Circuit Court today after authorities said they sold cocaine to an undercover Schaumburg police officer while one of them carried a loaded handgun.

Bond for Ceasar Hernandez, 22, of the 500 block of Gardner Street, was set at $200,000 in Rolling Meadows branch court on charges of armed violence and delivery of a controlled substance.

Bond for Christopher Nelson, 27, of the 1400 block of Lincoln Court, was set at $75,000 on charges of delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.

Assistant State’s Atty. Jennifer Walsh said the two were arrested on Tuesday in a parking lot in the 1500 block of North Roselle Road when they sold 2.5 ounces of cocaine for $1,300 to the officer.

Police found a loaded .357 magnum revolver in Hernandez’s pants pocket, she said.